Health in Albania
Life expectancy in Albania was estimated at 77.59 years, in 2014, ranking 51st in the world, and outperforming a number of European Union countries, such as Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.[1] In 2016 it was 74 for men and 79 for women.[2] The most common causes of death are circulatory diseases followed by cancerous illnesses. Demographic and Health Surveys completed a survey in April 2009, detailing various health statistics in Albania, including male circumcision, abortion and more.[3]
The general improvement of health conditions in the country is reflected in the lower mortality rate, down to an estimated 6.49 deaths per 1,000 in 2000, as compared with 17.8 per 1,000 in 1938. In 2000, life expectancy was estimated at 74 years, compared to 38 years at the end of World War II. Albania's infant mortality rate, estimated at 20 per 1,000 live births in 2000, has also declined over the years since the high rate of 151 per 1,000 live births in 1960. There were 69,802 births in 1999 and the fertility rate in 1999 was 2.5 while the maternal mortality rate was 65 per 100,000 live births in 1993. In addition, in 1997, Albania had high immunization rates for children up to one year old: tuberculosis at 94%; diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, 99%; measles, 95%; and polio, 99.5%. In 1996, the incidence of tuberculosis was 23 in 100,000 people. In 1995 there were two reported cases of AIDS and seven cases in 1996. In 2000 the number of people living with HIV/AIDS was estimated at less than 100. The leading causes of death are cardiovascular disease, trauma, cancer, and respiratory disease. In 2015 it still had the highest mortality in Europe, at 766 per 100,000 population, the highest rate of death from non-communicable diseases (672 per 100,000) and the second highest rate of male smokers in Europe - 51%.[4]
The Albanian Public Health Institute, in Tirana was founded in 1935.[5]
Albania became a member of the World Health Organization on May 26, 1947.[6]
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative[7] finds that Albania is fulfilling 67.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.[8] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Albania achieves 98.3% of what is expected based on its current income.[9] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 98.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income. [10] Albania falls into the "very bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 4.6% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "CIA – The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Albania". WHO. 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Albania DHS Surveys". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ Ballas, Dimitris; Dorling, Danny; Hennig, Benjamin (2017). The Human Atlas of Europe. Bristol: Policy Press. p. 66. ISBN 9781447313540.
- ^ "Albania". International Association of National Public Health Institutes. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Basic Documents (forty-ninth edition)" (PDF). World Health Organization. 2020. p. 27-31. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ "Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries". humanrightsmeasurement.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "Albania - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "Albania - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "Albania - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ^ "Albania - HRMI Rights Tracker". rightstracker.org. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
